Calliope's Call, a Boston-based artsong performance initiative, recently hosted a competition for works by women, featuring female texts, for female voices. I was very lucky to receive an honorable mention for my song "Warming Her Pearls," out of so many other wonderful submissions to the contest. Thank you so much to Calliope's Call for their kind recognition of my work, and congratulations to all of the winners. Looking forward to hearing some wonderful new artsong this fall!Posted 9/1/2016

In a similar spirit as my last update, I absolutely adore collaborating with musicians and especially my friends, and this year marks ten years of the joy of having Brendon Shapiro as my accompanist, and also my best friend. Majora's Mask is a game extremely close to my heart, not only because of the darkly beautiful soundtrack but because of its themes of friendship as well. I tell the story in more detail in the liner notes, but I first received this game from my brother Matt, on a day when I really needed a friend to lift my spirits. So it is with huge pleasure that I share mine and Brendon's new piano arrangement album SHALL WE PLAY? featuring the music of Majora's Mask, which is available to play on Spotify. Thank you to Brendon for collaborating with me directly to help me put these arrangements together, Tommy Tallarico and the Video Games Live Level 5 Kickstarter for making this happen, and my brother Matt for giving me this game all those years ago! ;-) And last but not least, Koji Kondo and Toru Minegishi for this magical music. Enjoy!Posted 8/29/2016

My absolute favorite part of music, and the reason I am a musician, is collaborating and making music with others. The Video Games Live Level 5 album was my absolute dream come true: the opportunity to not only arrange and orchestrate music from games that I deeply care about, but to also work with and feature the talents of so many amazing musicians that I am lucky to call my friends.

"Radical Dreamers" is a re-imagining from the Through Time and Space album I recorded with Brendon Shapiro last year, and this time it features Brendon again along with string orchestra, as well as Shota Nakama on guitar and Kristin Naigus on English Horn.

My new arrangement of music from Okami is one of my favorite pieces I've ever worked on, co-arranged with Kristin's EPIC OKAMI KNOWLEDGE and features her on various Japanese woodwinds, myself on not-Japanese woodwinds and Isaku Kageyama as our Taiko Drum Master, along with Shota on guitar again for a perfect storm of awesomeness.

And Ico's “You Were There” is the piece that is probably closest to my heart, co-orchestrated with my friend Jared Cowing and featuring myself and Omar Najmi as vocalists, and Brendon on piano. These are three of my best friends since college, and I can't think of a more perfect song for us to bring to life together.

In addition to my pieces, I also provided vocals on Eimear Noone's Celtic-inspired Legend of Zelda arrangement, featuring a number of melodies from games across the franchise. So proud of all of my friends, including Doug Perry and Wayne Strange who worked on other arrangements on this album! The album is up on iTunes and Spotify and you should totally check it out, it really is our best VGL yet :) CONGRATULATIONS everyone!!Posted 8/19/2016

Materia Collective has released another new album, this time featuring Jessica Curry's glorious music from Everybody's Gone To the Rapture! It was a delight to perform on my friend John Robert Matz's beautiful Renaissance-inspired piece. This game has a special place in my heart and I'm so glad I could contribute to this homage. Enjoy!Posted 8/12/2016

I'm back on Overclocked Podcast for another installment of my segment Between the Lines! This week, we discussed meter, rhythm, and polyrhythms in Freezeflame Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy, fun fun fun!. Thanks again to Stephen Kelly for putting all of this together, hope you enjoy the new episode and the other material of the podcast, including a super interesting interview with Neal Acree. Have fun!Posted 7/30/2016

I could not possibly be more excited to be performing on Long Island with Video Games Live this Friday, followed by Montclair, New Jersey on Saturday! I spent the first 25 years of my life on Long Island and we'll be performing at the NYCB Theatre in Westbury, where I've seen many a show in my youth and adulthood. What a joy to be performing there--and an even greater joy to announce that my twin sister Nicole Intravia will be joining me in Montclair as a solo vocalist. There are no words for the absolute thrill this is going to be! Tickets as always at videogameslive.com, do not miss this awesome double act!Posted 7/19/2016

The wave of Materia Collective albums continues! Check out VERSUS, a collaboration with the game music community GameLark! This album features covers of music from fighting games, both classic and modern. In the words of the official press release, both labels "set up the album to be a friendly competition between the two groups, in the spirit of collaboration and of the fighting game genre." It was a blast to collaborate again with my friend Ben Wallace on his Pokken Tournament track "Magikarp Festival," performing on EWI. Kudos to my buddy Doug Perry for his awesome vibraphone solo and all of the other musicians that collaborated on this super fun EDM/salsa inspired track. Download from iTunes or Loudr today! Posted 7/16/2016

The Materia Collective has just released another remix album, this time featuring music from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise! I had a great time contributing EWI to my buddy Doug Perry's super funky Mystic Cave Zone remix. MOBIUS is a great mix of styles and genres wrapped around the catchy hooks of the Sonic soundtracks--hope you enjoy listening, and keep an eye on the Materia Collective for more releases this year. In the meantime, check out Doug's music video, featuring all of the artists on Funk Cave!

I joined my friends at Overclocked Podcast again this weekend--this time, with my own segment! It's an honor to present my guest segment Between the Lines, a variation on my (sadly neglected) blog where I will discuss music theory in video games! For the first test-drive episode, I revisited my article on the Great Bay Temple theme from Majora's Mask. Huge thanks to Stephen Kelly for stitching together the audio examples with my presentation, and for inviting me to do this segment in the first place! Stay tuned for more episodes in the future, and hope you enjoy this first installation!Posted 6/18/2016

Tomorrow is the encore performance of Leo Hurley and Charles Osborne's new opera The Body Politic, which premiered last weekend in Boston, MA. I was very thankful to be a part of that production, and honored to be appearing in it again as the composer and librettist take it to the North Carolina General Assembly in response to the controversial House 2 Bill. All are welcome to attend! More information can be found at the FB page here. Come join us at this historic event!Posted 5/18/2016

Composer Matthew Chastney has just dropped his latest album Through the Static, to the Dreamless Sleep! I worked with Matthew recently on his soundtrack for Cornerstone: Song of Tyrim and it was my absolute pleasure to collaborate with him again on this beautiful collection of original pieces. I provided vocals for two tracks, "Where We Grew Up" and "I Wish You Could Come With Me." I really love Matthew's pensive, atmospheric style and hope y'all check out this gorgeous album soon, available at his Bandcamp page. Enjoy!Posted 5/17/2016

This week is the world premiere of the opera THE BODY POLITIC, by Leo Hurley and Charles Osborne! This piece is facilitated by the Juventas New Music Ensemble under the artistic direction of Lidiya Yankovskaya. To quote the synopsis from the Juventas website, "A transgender man from Kabul emigrates to the American South at the height of the Afghan War. This world premiere opera explores the complexities of gender and national identity as Iphis sees his world reflected through the contrasting lenses of a conservative parent, a drag queen, a young child, and the fearless mother who raised him." I am so honored to be performing the roles of Young Iphis and Michael in this incredibly unique story about transgenderism in America and the Middle East. It is one of the most challenging roles I've performed to date, and I've learned a ton from being a part of this production. Tickets are available here for our performances at the BCA Plaza Theater. Hope to see you there! Posted 5/5/2016

Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim has just gone live on Steam! I recorded several flutes for this soundtrack, along with my good friend Kristin Naigus on her assorted reeds and winds. This open-world fantasy epic was inspired by the artwork of Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, and it shows in the beautiful animation. It was an honor to perform on this gorgeous and imaginative soundtrack by composer Matthew Chastney, huge thanks to him for reaching out and inviting me to contribute to this project. Check out the release trailer above, and happy playing!Posted 4/26/2016

Video Games Live is gearing up for another epic tour, hitting six different countries: England, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain and Canada! I could not be more excited to go on my first European tour, especially for the London shows at which we will have some very special guests and world premieres! And I am stoked for my third return to the great city of Calgary, since our last visit in 2012. All of the show dates and tickets are available at videogameslive.com. Hope to see y'all there!Posted 3/14/2016

MetroWest Opera's production of Little Women opened with flying colors this weekend! Check out the great review by The Boston Music Intelligencer, which discusses the history of the opera in addition to the aspects of MetroWest's presentation. It was my absolute joy to portray Amy March on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and I look forward to reprising the role this coming Friday at Peabody Town Hall! Posted 3/8/2016

I returned to MAGFest this year for the first time since 2010, and what an experience it was! Fifth House Ensemble debuted their Journey LIVE concert on Saturday and it could not have gone better. With arrangements by composer Patrick O'Malley and Austin Wintory himself conducting, a positively magical experience was had by all. It was a great honor to perform the end credits song "I Was Born For This" at this historic event, and I can't thank Austin enough for the opportunity. I also had a great time as a guest performer on Austin Wintory's Q&A and the Making MAGFriends panel with my colleagues Spencer Bambrick, Alex Brandon, Wil Roget, Bonnie Bogovich and Sebastian Wolff, in addition to performing with the hilarious Super Smash Opera orchestra. Thanks to everyone for a wonderful time, looking forward to next year!!Posted 2/25/2016

Composer Mike Raznick has just released a new album! His beautiful music was originally intended for a game called Grimm Odds, which was unexpectedly cancelled only a few months before launch. Luckily Mike's soundtrack survived and it is available for download on his Bandcamp. It was wonderful to work with Mike on this project and contribute vocals to the tracks. Thanks again for everything Mike and congrats on this awesome OST!Posted 2/12/2016

Materia Collective has just released its brand new remix compilation album SUCCESSOR: Final Fantasy VIII Remixed! I created an orchestral arrangement of Balamb Garden to this project, in addition to singing and playing for a number of other tracks with my good friends and colleagues, including:

Download links are available at the Materia Collective website. Below is my arrangement of Balamb Garden, featuring the amazing talents of Kristin Naigus (oboe/English Horn), John Robert Matz (trumpet) and Catherine Wilshusen (clarinet), with myself on flute/piccolo/vocals. Hope you enjoy!

I am tremendously excited to announce my debut with MetroWest Opera! I will be portraying Amy in this production of Mark Adamo's setting of Little Women, the timeless American classic about four sisters, love, life and adventures--and my personal favorite opera. Tickets are available on the MetroWest site for the Newton and Peabody performances. Hope to see you there!Posted 2/7/2016

Upcoming show with Video Games Live! So excited to be performing with my dear friends and collaborators Brendon Shapiro, Omar Najmi and Doug Perry. Ticket info at videogameslive.com. Hope to see y'all there!Posted 1/1/2016